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Stonewarrior · 08-30-2006, 01:59 AM

I should go to bed, but tonight was an excellent night in Undermountain.

I meandered about for a while before deciding to head back to level five and beyond. It seemed as though a hurricane had blown through as I met very little resistance and the wraiths in the opening hallway were gone. I checked out a few of the teleporters, but could not get the chests open so I decided to ignore the last couple. I then went to the Death Pit and was able to beat all of the dragons.

A quick side note, it appeared that several adventurers had recently visited Durnan when I logged on as I was able to purchase some VERY nice equipment. I am now wearing some sweet dragon armor which is +9 and I was able to purchase two or three very powerful longswords and one powerful mace.

So back to level five...

I made it to the exit and was then joined by Brother Datton IW (who it appears was Robertthebard based on another post). We joined up and raced through level 6. All I can say is DAMN! Monks are fast. My character is hasted and looked slow. lol We met little resistance along the way and what little we met was quickly dispatched. We even let out some nasties locked in cells. They too went quickly. We then headed to level seven.

We again were able to quickly dispatch the Xanther Guards and other enemies. A quick side note, Brother Datton's Monk is a beast in battle! I have never played a monk, and honestly never really considered one, but this guy was one tough character. Close to the end of the level we entered a room with a few wizards along with a host of other enemies. I had to respawn a few times here, but was able to take out one of the wizards and a few others. After gathering some loot we headed to the next room (appropriately refered to as Skeletor's domain by another player...sorry, forgot the name). As had happened through the rest of the journey, battles were much wasier this time around. Once we finished with the dozens of skeletons (I do wonder how many are there Ziroc) Brother Datton leveled up and I thought I would look for treasure. Sadly all I found were bones. Oh well.

We were now ready for level 8. The level which had completely owned me when I tried it by myself the other night. One piece of advise I was given was to move slowly as to not allow the enemies to really gang up on you. It worked. This time instead of constantly dying I was assisting in the killing of many bad guys. I was quite pleased (I know Ziroc toned the level down some...but after the butt whooping I got last time I did not care, I was able to kill them. lol).

We made a quick pit stop at the Inn were I was able to sell some gear. I got much better prices here than when I sold some gear on level 5. WON'T do that again. LOL I also learned that protection from Death Magic would be helpful. So, after selling two belts of Greater Shimmering (I think that is what they were) I got to buy one back. All of a sudden I stopped dying instantly. lol That will be a nice switch.

We continued amking our way toward the entrance to level 9 while encountering resistance, but it was scattered and nothing we could not handle. At this point I needed to put my son to bed but wanted to continue to level 10 to get a key. It was then Brother Datton let me know they had all been taken and that we could reload and along with an Amulet of Clearing could zoom through after the server reset (we were the last two players). As much as I wanted to I knew I needed to stop as my wife was giving me the evil eye. lol

THanks again for running through with me this evening, this game is totally addicting. Especially when playing with others. :~)

One final side note, when I created my character I was unsure of starting stats, skills and feats. Well, I am getting more familiar and am now wishing I had done things differently as I would like to level as a Weapons Master. So, I have been putting points in Intelligence. With my last two level ups I was able get to a 13 Intelligence and select Expertise and Whirlwind attack. I am hopeful to be able to start leveling as a Weapons Master next time. I am currently a 22 Fighter (or is it 21? lol) and 3 Rogue. I am not sure I will be able to continue my adventure tomorrow, but I certainly hope so!

[ 08-30-2006, 02:05 AM: Message edited by: Stonewarrior ]

08-30-2006, 01:59 AM	#34
Stonewarrior Manshoon Join Date: January 10, 2005 Location: Independence, MO Age: 54 Posts: 234	I should go to bed, but tonight was an excellent night in Undermountain. I meandered about for a while before deciding to head back to level five and beyond. It seemed as though a hurricane had blown through as I met very little resistance and the wraiths in the opening hallway were gone. I checked out a few of the teleporters, but could not get the chests open so I decided to ignore the last couple. I then went to the Death Pit and was able to beat all of the dragons. A quick side note, it appeared that several adventurers had recently visited Durnan when I logged on as I was able to purchase some VERY nice equipment. I am now wearing some sweet dragon armor which is +9 and I was able to purchase two or three very powerful longswords and one powerful mace. So back to level five... I made it to the exit and was then joined by Brother Datton IW (who it appears was Robertthebard based on another post). We joined up and raced through level 6. All I can say is DAMN! Monks are fast. My character is hasted and looked slow. lol We met little resistance along the way and what little we met was quickly dispatched. We even let out some nasties locked in cells. They too went quickly. We then headed to level seven. We again were able to quickly dispatch the Xanther Guards and other enemies. A quick side note, Brother Datton's Monk is a beast in battle! I have never played a monk, and honestly never really considered one, but this guy was one tough character. Close to the end of the level we entered a room with a few wizards along with a host of other enemies. I had to respawn a few times here, but was able to take out one of the wizards and a few others. After gathering some loot we headed to the next room (appropriately refered to as Skeletor's domain by another player...sorry, forgot the name). As had happened through the rest of the journey, battles were much wasier this time around. Once we finished with the dozens of skeletons (I do wonder how many are there Ziroc) Brother Datton leveled up and I thought I would look for treasure. Sadly all I found were bones. Oh well. We were now ready for level 8. The level which had completely owned me when I tried it by myself the other night. One piece of advise I was given was to move slowly as to not allow the enemies to really gang up on you. It worked. This time instead of constantly dying I was assisting in the killing of many bad guys. I was quite pleased (I know Ziroc toned the level down some...but after the butt whooping I got last time I did not care, I was able to kill them. lol). We made a quick pit stop at the Inn were I was able to sell some gear. I got much better prices here than when I sold some gear on level 5. WON'T do that again. LOL I also learned that protection from Death Magic would be helpful. So, after selling two belts of Greater Shimmering (I think that is what they were) I got to buy one back. All of a sudden I stopped dying instantly. lol That will be a nice switch. We continued amking our way toward the entrance to level 9 while encountering resistance, but it was scattered and nothing we could not handle. At this point I needed to put my son to bed but wanted to continue to level 10 to get a key. It was then Brother Datton let me know they had all been taken and that we could reload and along with an Amulet of Clearing could zoom through after the server reset (we were the last two players). As much as I wanted to I knew I needed to stop as my wife was giving me the evil eye. lol THanks again for running through with me this evening, this game is totally addicting. Especially when playing with others. :~) One final side note, when I created my character I was unsure of starting stats, skills and feats. Well, I am getting more familiar and am now wishing I had done things differently as I would like to level as a Weapons Master. So, I have been putting points in Intelligence. With my last two level ups I was able get to a 13 Intelligence and select Expertise and Whirlwind attack. I am hopeful to be able to start leveling as a Weapons Master next time. I am currently a 22 Fighter (or is it 21? lol) and 3 Rogue. I am not sure I will be able to continue my adventure tomorrow, but I certainly hope so! [ 08-30-2006, 02:05 AM: Message edited by: Stonewarrior ]